1735年，法国出版一部关于中国的书，英文名为description of the empire of china and chinese-tartary,together with the kingdoms ofkorea and tibet;containing the geography and history(natural as well as civii)of thosecountries，中文名一般简称为《中华帝国全志》。本书编著者为法国汉学家杜赫德。